diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/thaliapp/MainApplication.java b/android/app/src/main/java/com/thaliapp/MainApplication.java
index 6767912649ec0cd70324db47b90c0ae67b29b859..48ef006e58b20375f02d3b4b5af3c545821082c5 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/thaliapp/MainApplication.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/thaliapp/MainApplication.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import io.invertase.firebase.notifications.RNFirebaseNotificationsPackage;
 import io.invertase.firebase.instanceid.RNFirebaseInstanceIdPackage;
 import io.sentry.RNSentryPackage;
 import com.azendoo.reactnativesnackbar.SnackbarPackage;
-import com.i18n.reactnativei18n.ReactNativeI18n;
 import com.BV.LinearGradient.LinearGradientPackage;
 import com.oblador.vectoricons.VectorIconsPackage;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application implements ShareApplication, Re
             new RNSharePackage(),
             new RNSentryPackage(),
             new SnackbarPackage(),
-            new ReactNativeI18n(),
             new RNFirebasePackage(),
             new RNFirebaseMessagingPackage(),
             new RNFirebaseNotificationsPackage(),
diff --git a/app/ui/screens/events/EventAdminScreen.js b/app/ui/screens/events/EventAdminScreen.js
index 4475888ccfe2cdc5d979b21ad92c3ab25e518008..562a9785a110c3c3d947d963d078569ede4a78c7 100644
--- a/app/ui/screens/events/EventAdminScreen.js
+++ b/app/ui/screens/events/EventAdminScreen.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { withTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons';
 import Snackbar from 'react-native-snackbar';
+import unorm from 'unorm';
 
 import styles from './style/EventAdminScreen';
 import Colors from '../../style/Colors';
@@ -89,9 +90,12 @@ class EventAdminScreen extends Component {
     return result;
   };
 
+  cleanSearchTerm = term => unorm.nfd(term.toLowerCase()).replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '');
+
   containsSearchKey = (pk) => {
-    const name = this.state.registrations[pk].name.toLowerCase();
-    return name.indexOf(this.state.searchKey.toLowerCase()) >= 0;
+    const name = this.cleanSearchTerm(this.state.registrations[pk].name);
+    console.log('name', name);
+    return name.indexOf(this.cleanSearchTerm(this.state.searchKey)) >= 0;
   };
 
   handleRefresh = () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e00fd08f58bcd80275159e05dd890e628c665512..e0f3ff9cf31dbadcdfbb0d608f06f057540cd997 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
     "react-navigation": "3.11.0",
     "react-redux": "7.0.3",
     "redux": "4.0.1",
-    "redux-saga": "0.16.2"
+    "redux-saga": "0.16.2",
+    "unorm": "1.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "7.4.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4397e6a7cfc5cd172be232a87b2dc9f22e514b9d..3402108b80ce4e033697c31b593887a7479aec40 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8518,6 +8518,11 @@ universalify@^0.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz#b646f69be3942dabcecc9d6639c80dc105efaa66"
   integrity sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==
 
+unorm@^1.5.0:
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unorm/-/unorm-1.5.0.tgz#01fa9b76f1c60f7916834605c032aa8962c3f00a"
+  integrity sha512-sMfSWoiRaXXeDZSXC+YRZ23H4xchQpwxjpw1tmfR+kgbBCaOgln4NI0LXejJIhnBuKINrB3WRn+ZI8IWssirVw==
+
 unpipe@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz#b2bf4ee8514aae6165b4817829d21b2ef49904ec"